A History of All Nations, from the Earlier Periods to the Present Time: Or, Universal History : in which the History of Every Nation, Ancient and Modern, is Separately Given, Volume 1 |
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... Geographical Distribution of Animals : Varie- ties of the Human Race , .... 46 CHAP . 28. Physical Geography ... Geographical Sketch- Social State , ....... - Civil and 59 CHAP . 33. Preliminary View of the History of Asia - Pres ...
... Geographical Distribution of Animals : Varie- ties of the Human Race , .... 46 CHAP . 28. Physical Geography ... Geographical Sketch- Social State , ....... - Civil and 59 CHAP . 33. Preliminary View of the History of Asia - Pres ...
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... Geographical View , .... CHAP . 52. Early History of Persia- 91 - Kaiomurz Giam- - schid , CHAP . 53. Zohak - The Blacksmith Gao - Feridoon - Zal Rustem- The Legend of Sohrab , CHAP . 54. Gushtasp- 93 CHAP . 86 . 94 CHAP . 87 . CHAP ...
... Geographical View , .... CHAP . 52. Early History of Persia- 91 - Kaiomurz Giam- - schid , CHAP . 53. Zohak - The Blacksmith Gao - Feridoon - Zal Rustem- The Legend of Sohrab , CHAP . 54. Gushtasp- 93 CHAP . 86 . 94 CHAP . 87 . CHAP ...
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... Geographical Description - Early History Dukes of Edom - Extension of the Territory - Conquered by David Becomes independent - Subject to Babylon — Conquest of a Part of Judea - Divisions , ... CHAP . 106. The Nabatheans- Their Wars ...
... Geographical Description - Early History Dukes of Edom - Extension of the Territory - Conquered by David Becomes independent - Subject to Babylon — Conquest of a Part of Judea - Divisions , ... CHAP . 106. The Nabatheans- Their Wars ...
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... Geographical Description , ..... 351 CHAP . 187. Origin of the Turks - King Disabules - The Khagan - Tumwen Khan - Division of the Turkish Na- tion , CHAP . 188. Origin of the Seljukian Turks- Conquests and Elevation of Toghrul ...
... Geographical Description , ..... 351 CHAP . 187. Origin of the Turks - King Disabules - The Khagan - Tumwen Khan - Division of the Turkish Na- tion , CHAP . 188. Origin of the Seljukian Turks- Conquests and Elevation of Toghrul ...
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... Geographical Sketch , CHAP . 222. Preliminary Remarks on China- -The Fabu- lous Period of Chinese History - The Three Emperors- The Five Emperors , ... 436 439 ....... 374 CHAP . 223. The Hea and Tang Dynasties , CHAP . 224. The ...
... Geographical Sketch , CHAP . 222. Preliminary Remarks on China- -The Fabu- lous Period of Chinese History - The Three Emperors- The Five Emperors , ... 436 439 ....... 374 CHAP . 223. The Hea and Tang Dynasties , CHAP . 224. The ...
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Page 146 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Page 75 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Page 155 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan...
Page 146 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Page 169 - Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain, In Argob and in Basan, to the stream Of utmost Arnon. Nor content with such Audacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart Of Solomon he led by fraud to build His temple right against the temple of God On that opprobrious hill, and made his grove The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell.
Page 156 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Page 167 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 34 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 67 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Page 168 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!